Trex Composite Fence — Prairie Village, KS

We installed a Trex composite privacy fence in Prairie Village, KS, in April 2026. Composite gives you the look of a wood privacy fence without the stain-and-seal cycle, and we set this one on the same footing as every fence we build: posts 36 inches deep in concrete, below the frost line.

Why homeowners choose composite

A composite fence is what homeowners choose when they're done with the maintenance cycle. Trex boards are a blend of reclaimed wood fiber and recycled plastic, so they don't rot, splinter, or turn gray the way cedar does, and there's no stain or sealer to reapply every few years. That changes how you think about cost. Composite runs well above cedar and vinyl up front, and what you're buying with the difference is the years of upkeep you'll skip. If you plan to stay in the house and never want to think about the fence again, that math usually works out. If you're likely to sell in a few years, cedar is the easier number to justify.

How we build a composite fence to stay straight

Composite panels are heavy, and a solid privacy face catches wind like a sail, so a composite fence is only as straight as the posts carrying it. That's why we don't cut corners on depth: every post goes 36 inches into the ground and is set in concrete, the same standard we use on every privacy fence installation. Composite also moves more with heat and cold than wood does, growing slightly on a hot afternoon and shrinking on a cold night. Composite fence systems handle that by seating the boards in channeled rails instead of nailing them tight, which lets each board move without buckling or pulling loose.

Composite and Kansas City weather

Kansas City asks a lot of a fence. Summer heat pushes composite to its expansion limit, and winter drives the other way, freezing the clay-heavy Johnson County ground so that it swells and heaves anything set shallow. Posts set below the frost line ride that out instead of lifting a little each winter. In an older suburb like Prairie Village, where mature trees shade a lot of yards, composite has another advantage: shade and wet leaves keep a fence damp for days, and that's what rots wood from the bottom up. Composite won't rot. It isn't completely maintenance-free, though. In a shady spot, a light film of mildew can form on the surface, and a rinse with soap and water takes it off.

Is composite right for your fence?

If you want a privacy fence you install once and stop maintaining, composite is worth pricing next to cedar. We can quote both at the same estimate, so you can see the real difference in cost against the upkeep you'd be skipping, and pick the one that fits how long you plan to stay.